Nyabihu, October 4,2022: Several districts are adapting various innovations to tackle malnutrition and stunting in their respective locations.
\nThis is due to The Stunting Prevention and Reduction Project initiated by the World Bank\u2019s support.
\nIn Nyabihu district of the Western Province, the community has opted for investing in their population as the capital to reduce stunting and malnutrition in the district.
\nThrough \u201cBandebereho Initiative\u201d, the district mobilized all fathers to engage in the battle against malnutrition and stunting in order to complement efforts of their female partners.
\n\u201cOur weapon to combat stunting and malnutrition has been our social behavior change efforts among the population,\u201d explained Pascal Simpenzwe, the district\u2019s Vice Mayor in charge of Social Affairs.
\nWe walked down to the villages and started sensitizing expectant mothers on best antenatal care practices and child health, as we catered for children between 3 to six years of age in Early Childhood Development Centres, he explains.
\nHe emphasized that this aspect should be implemented by both a man and a woman in the family, which means there should be a mutual collaboration between the mother and the father to take care for the child.
\nSince then, stunting and malnutrition in this district dropped from 59 percent in 2015 and to 46.2 percent in 2022.
\nOne man living in Mukamira sector of Nyabihu district stresses how collaboration between mothers and fathers has promoted healthy nutrition in their area of residence.
\nShadrack Ndinayo, a resident of Mukamira Sector, in Nyabihu district says: \u201cAs men, we no longer think nutrition of our children is a responsibility of women only, we work together because a child does not belong to the woman solely.\u201d
\nCharles Irankunda, another 29-year-old father also asserts it is a man\u2019s role to complement the duties of a woman in terms of their children\u2019s growth and development.
\n\u201cWe cared less, we thought it was a work of a woman, without knowing that it was causing malnutrition among children, because in case a woman was not there, a child couldn\u2019t get what to eat,\u201d he narrated.
\nApart from mobilizing men to join the battle against malnutrition, 204 families of Mukamira sector raised Rwf 15 million and build an early childhood development center that has now catered for more than 90 toddlers.
\nMalnourished children in this district dropped from 150 to 92 in the previous years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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